The series features new works by female playwrights selected from the Kilroys' List. The Kilroys are a group of female playwrights and producers. 

Tony nominee Leigh Silverman (Violet, Chinglish) directs the final play in the series, The Tall Girls, by Meg Miroshnik, March 23. The reading features Kally Duling, Alexandra Henriksen, Erin Wilhelmi ("Perks of Being a Wallflower") and Colbie Minifie.

Here's how the reading is billed: "The Tall Girls takes place in Poor Prairie — the dusty, desolate town where fifteen-and-a-half-year-old Jean has been exiled as caretaker for her wild-child cousin, Almeda. It's a grim, dangerous place to eke out an existence as a teenage girl — until a handsome man with a past arrives, a brand-new basketball in tow. As the town's girls come together to form a team set on making it out of Poor Prairie, a murky committee of townspeople threatens to stamp out girls' sports altogether. Inspired by the flourishing and decline of high school girls' basketball teams in the 1930s rural Midwest, The Tall Girls asks: Who can afford the luxury of play? And what is the cost of childhood?"

"(3) Plays from the Kilroys' List: A Reading Series was created to support the Lilly Awards Foundation's mission to promote gender parity at all levels of theatrical production, and develop and celebrate the work of women in the theater," press notes state. "Released by The Kilroys in 2014, THE LIST consists of the 46 plays most recommended by industry leaders in a national survey of the best underproduced plays by female and trans playwrights. It was created as 'a tool for producers committed to ending the systemic underrepresentation of female voices in the American theater.'"

The Kilroys is named after the graffiti left by World War II soldiers and others to make their presence known. They distributed The List in June 2014 after asking 127 playwrights, dramaturgs and artistic directors to recommend plays written by women that were among the best they had seen or read over the previous year but had one or no productions. Of the more than 300 plays that were recommended, 46 were selected. Read Playbill.com's interview with Kilroys members Daria Polatin, Zakiyyah Alexander and Sarah Gubbins here.

After each reading, attendees join the artists and members of The Lilly Awards at "AfterChats" hosted by The Interval at Bea Restaurant.

The Lilly Awards Foundation's mission is to promote gender parity at all levels of theatrical production and develop and celebrate the work of women in the theatre.

Admission is free, but reservations are recommended and can be obtained at thelillyawards.org or artful.ly/the-lilly-awards-foundation. The Duke on 42nd Street is located at 229 W. 42nd St. To read the list of recommended plays, visit thekilroys.org/thelist/.